The Last Of Us: Troy Baker on Auditioning for Joel & Meeting Pedro Pascal 

The best interview in years. Allowing him to talk and reminisce without interrupting. Classic.

I've listened to Troy talk about TLOU for 10 years and still is so interesting and mesmerizing. He really is the GOAT of video game actors.

Got to give credit to the interviewers. They seem to really know the story and they don't cut him off, this is good! Props to them!

It's so cool they're including Troy and Ashley in all this promo because they easily could have only been talked about and acknowledged by the other actors, but instead they're bringing them in for all the press as well. Hope something similar happens with Ashley Eckstein when Ahsoka comes out!

Wow! I didn’t know ET did quality, longer interviews where they let the actor talk. Troy is so interesting and really sounds like an actor’s actor.

I love this guy. The fact that A Baker from Troy survived and he is still alive after 3500 years is amazing.

I love how Naughty Dog values Troy because Troy isn't your average voice actor. He is a geek, a fan of comics, art, movies, and video games! He always had more to give than just his acting talents and I love how involved he has been with Druckman through everything from promotion to having opinions on who gets cast as Joel, a role in the show, and being the host of the podcast. I've been a fan of Troy Baker long before The Last of Us and I love how much love he is getting for this fateful game and now the TV show!

So glad this man is getting facetime. He’s been the voice of countless memorable characters and to be able to take his passion and apply it to himself. Gotta love seeing his journey and where its headed hoping these roles give this guy more screen time.

Great to see someone so passionate about a role, that they played a decade ago. So many actors try to escape it. This man really loves joel and appreciates Neil!

Dying at imagining pedro going “I have none for you” 💀 I love him sm. this interview has great insights. troy is awesome.

He even voiced Sam from Uncharted and I didn’t even recognize him. What a talent!

As far as casting goes, I can totally see Josh as Joel, but Pedro was definitely the right choice. He's killing it. I completely agree with Troy in that this is the greatest show right now.

"You can't outhate somebody" perfectly sums up the journey of playing TLOU, Troy is really a gem

I swear, this man gives the best interviews. He’s also got the golden voice. I could listen to this man tell stories for hours.

Troy and Ashley's performances can't be topped. I enjoy the HBO show as a completely separate take on it.

I met Troy at a London Comic-Con and he was with Nolan north, I don’t consider myself to be a vocal actor in any sense, but I asked him to do a Alan Rickman impression (as Hans Gruber) he did it shows me how he manipulated his chords so to speak and now… I can do it myself. I’ve worked in places that have frequent celebs and they have been hero’s but turned out to be horrible people. I can honestly say from the brief interaction with Troy and Nolan they are the most genuine people I’ve ever met. Kudos to them both for there love of their art and the love of their fans.

7:56 “He’s our daddy” is crazy😭😭

Well spoken, intelligent dude…I could listen to him talk all day. They gave him so much room to just talk…great interview and interviewers…

Enjoy listening to Troy. He is so passionate about what he does and great at it!!

I really appreciate how much passion Troy always has for TLOU every time he talks about it, for so many years now. I’m glad that a lot of commenters also seem to think so! He’s such a good storyteller, and I personally appreciate how much respect he has for every other artist who worked on the games/show as well.

Wild how close we were to not getting The Last of Us that we know. Troy and Ashley as Joel and Ellie feels supernaturally perfect.

THANK YOU for letting him talk. This was the most refreshing interview I’ve seen in a long time.

The last minute of this interview is a testament to not letting the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game. What a great note to end on.

The Last Of Us was really a pivotal transition from video games being seen as nerd fodder to high art. I remember the press for this was just having movie directors play the intro. With that being said, I really can feel the pressure to get these performers right. They were everything and planted a seed we all didn’t see coming.

Before I knew about Troy Baker I never thought that the voice behind a badass hardened apocalyptic survivor is a hipster guy lol.

Ooo, I love that quote 15:18 "True art inspires other art"; I'm not sure if it's true 100% of the time, but it's a pretty good baseline metric to go by.

I’ve been following Pedro Pascal for a long time and his versatility is limitless so I never doubted him as Joel. 👍

"hes our daddy" 🤣 shes not wrong

Someone, after the season is over, should set up a charity stream where Pedro and Bella do a playthrough of The Last of Us and comment on it. I think that would make a billion dollars it would be so interesting and popular. How often does a situation happen like this, where a fantastic actor plays a wonderful role that was once immortalized in a video game. He gets to play as the character after having played the character. It would be great.

Troy is always a great interview. He's great at telling a story.

This was a truly great interview. So fitting for one of, if not the, greatest stories of all time

That ending story. So motivational and encouraging, especially in my current situation in a new field where I feel I’m not good enough cause of fear and doubt. Thanks Troy. Glad you walked in anyway and knocked it out of the park and became Joel.

Great interviewers are under appreciated. Listening and not interrupting is a skill. I'm terrible at it myself so I appreciate it a lot more when the person being interviewed is allowed to just speak.

I love this guy! What a great interview!! Seeing his own character as the protagonist of a different movie is brilliant. ☺️

Gotta say, this was a well paced and jus honest interview 🙌🏼🙏🏼 thank you

he is so genuinly enthusiastic, its so refreshing. hes really amazing

Baker is a legendary voice actor. He's done so much high quality work in some of my favorite video games.

This is such a great interview! Troy is a fantastic interviewee.

That was a great conversation...i watched the interview from begining without skipping..Troy such a good talker

Pedro and Troy both played Joel really well.

Oh man after watching this interview I'm super excited to see his character in these last 2 episodes !!!!!!!!!

Love ya Troy! Can’t wait to see you & Ashley on the show! 🎉

From playing Joel in the last of us video game to playing James on the tv series Troy Baker is truly one underrated, awesome, and talented actor he should be starring in major motion pictures because he's that good because he deserves major recognition for his acting skills.

Troy, you and Ashley did an absolutely wonderful job of voicing the characters of Joel and Ellie and that played a big part in the success of the game. The feeling you both put into the characters made it such an emotional ride. Good luck to you both in your future ventures. Pedro's doing a great job as Joel, it would have course been great if you'd had more acting on film experience and Neil had offered you the part.

I love Troy Baker, he's so humble and so so so talented. A part of me wished he could play Joel in the show (I still think about it) but Pedro Pascal is doing great. I do still go back to Troy & Ashley's performance in the game vs the show and their voice acting& expression VIBRATES . Absolutely legendary performances.

Troy is a legend hes also amazing in bioshock infinite ,and the other 200 games he's in always top notch.

What an excellent interview

I really like this interview, his energy is good and you get to see the differences in approach from video games approach to acting and televisions.

Just watched episode 8. I think he did an exceptional job. I totally felt for his character. I saw a guy who was losing faith in his leader, was desperate, had just lost a friend. Someone who had made it so far and didn’t want to lose it all to starvation or some random outlaws that had come into his community. I felt for his character, even if he was one of the antagonists. So awesome that he’s not just a brilliant voice actor but also an incredible actor as well.

This is a pretty awesome interview:)

Troy is a legend. Glad to see the public actually hear and see him.

This is such a great interview!

just out of context, troy look so young, I thought he is in his 20s or 30s like he is younger than Pedro only a year and he looks this good?

I used to listen to this dude in some old jrpg’s, and now he’s here. Amazing, good for him.

Anyone else notice the cut when he starts talking about Joel's backstory in the show?

I love it. Always great to see Troy talk Last Of Us.

God Troy Baker is so great. So glad him (and Ashley) are getting the recognition they deserves for their roles. Plus I’ve watched every interview about the game so it’s nice getting to hear him talk about Last of Us again

The Last of Us was the very first and pretty much only M rated game my mom let my brother buy on the PS3. We rented it first and then bought digital, but my mom was in tune while watching my brother play the rental and she even got vocal with the gameplay. We will always remember the words coming out of her mouth “oh you’ve got to shank that guy”

Great interview! They let him talk!

I love listening to him talk

Cool interview, great job getting an interviewer who's a big fan of the game.

What a fantastic interview. Ash and Brandon asked interesting questions, but more than that, just let an amazing actor and fascinating person in Troy Baker just TALK. Well done, and loved it.

Awesome interview!

The almost mention of Jak and Daxter actually made me teary eyed.

As a fan its really amazing to witness all of this thanks to the tlou team!

I wish we could see Troy more on tv shows or movies. He obviously has got the talent for it.

I love how passionate he is about The Last of Us and his experience making the game. Big ups to Neil, Craig and HBO for giving him the opportunity to host the podcast and for allowing him to have a say in who they should cast to play his role in live action.

Troy Baker is an amazing human.

5:58 did he just confirm that there is gonna be a part 3 unintentionally?

I would sit there and just listen to him talk about this stuff all day.

I love Toby. He heart and words speak art.

Love that niel said 'we need to make this game like it'll be the only one we make' ..gold. we are so fortunate everyone who worked on the game and now this show has and is throwing their whole hearts into this masterpiece

It's a very beautifull thing, Troy, Ashley, Pedro and Bella. Fantastic actors!

Glad to know that the guy interview is a gamer. He knows what he's talking about and they're both interested to what Troy was sharing

It's amazing how a game such as last of us became so close to people's hearts that they reconnected with family that formed a strong bond with fathers and daughters, that is something legendary

15:05 seems like Troy dropped a show spoiler and it got edited out lol

My favorite thing is that it’s all love between him and Pedro. No resentment whatsoever.

My excitement of listening this man talks is as high as i have for the show itself 😂

Dang I love Troy. Such a relaxed humble dude. Super talented. What an awesome story behind his career. Sorry, edit for sidenote: The Last of Us really is the best game ever made.

He is so bright, and knowable.

Im a huge Ashley Johnson fan as well, so it's cool to get that insight.

Please interview Ashley Johnson! we want to know her pov as well!!!! Can't wait for the last episode

This guy is well-spoken.

This dude's simply awesome

What a cool guy. I need to play these games.

These interviewers are top tier.

Wow, that last story he told blew my mind. I wish they had asked him to explain why he felt like he wasn't right for the part, cause I can't imagine them doing the game with anybody else.

It’s crazy to see the show so successful that they go back to the actors from the games. You almost wish Troy was Joel in the show but they now both live in different mediums respectively. Lot of folks from the show are going to go back to the game now.

This dude never ages

Also good interviewers. Good questions

I went into computer science with the hope of working at naughty dog because of this game. Turns out I hated coding with a passion, so I switched to mechanical engineering, but this game has truly shaped my life in a way that is absolutely wild to think about.

Josh Brolin as Joel? That was a choice I didn't even think of. Pascal amazing regardless.

also love his jacket choice ;)

When interviewers are genuinely interested in what the interviewee has to say, it makes for wonderful interviews. Allowing Troy the time to answer and really flesh out his answers, while asking interesting questions and obviously knowing the material, really created a phenomenal interview. Also I had to look up a photo of Troy from 2008 to see what kind of hair cut he had, and honestly, par for the course in the first decade of the 2000's LOL. And the story of him almost leaving, almost missing the chance to be Joel, just goes to show you should always take the chance. Even if you don't think anything will come from it, even if you think someone else would be better. Just try it out, and if it doesn't work out, it's fine. There are more chances, other things to move on to. But if it does work out, it can open an entirely new world of possibilities.

This man has the career I dream of. I don’t even know how to get started in VO.

I wish I could be good at making mundane stories interesting like this dude.

The voice acting 🐐

He is real deal troy is just in amazing actor

Omg I love it so much Troy is so awesome

I could listen to Troy Baker talk about his experience on The Last of Us for hours...